Dear colleagues,

The DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group is excited to announce the release of our group’s Access Values: https://osf.io/ed7vk/ 

The Born-Digital Access Working Group began meeting regularly in 2017. As we approached the completion of our now-finished initial projects (Levels of Born-Digital Access; Access Practices Survey), we saw an opportunity to define our overall ethos and relationship to access on a high level. Through our Access Values statement, we aim to establish a shared set of community values around digital access, especially with regard to born-digital archival collection material. We also hope this document provides further context for the DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group’s outputs and acts as a guide for taking on future community activities.

We thank everyone who provided comments and feedback during our review periods in 2019 and 2020. We encourage those who are interested in getting involved or hearing updates on our work to join our Google Group (https://tinyurl.com/bdawggg).